Ueno Station

infobox japan station

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caption=Main building of the station
name=上野
namerom=Ueno
pref=Tokyo
ward=Taitō
address=7 Ueno (JR Station)
3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro)
open=1883
line=
JR East
Akita Shinkansen
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Jōetsu Shinkansen
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Yamagata Shinkansen
Jōban Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Takasaki Line
Tōhoku Main Line
Yamanote Line
Tokyo Metro
Ginza Line
Hibiya Line
operator=
bus=nihongo|Ueno Station|上野駅|ueno-eki is a major railway station in
Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park -- which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from the northern Japan, although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years. Nearby is Keisei-Ueno Station, the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Station.

History

The station opened on July 28, 1883. After the destruction of this first building in the fires caused by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Japanese Government Railways constructed the current station buildings. In 1927, Tokyo Underground Railway (now Tokyo Metro) opened Japan's first subway line from here to Asakusa Station. Following World War II, the neighbourhood in front of Ueno Station was a major center of black market activity.

tation Building

Like most major stations in Japan, Ueno station contains and is surrounded by extensive shopping arcades including a branch of the Hard Rock Cafe.

Lines

This station is served by the following lines:
*Tokyo Metro
**Ginza Line
**Hibiya Line
*East Japan Railway Company
**Akita Shinkansen
**Hokuriku Shinkansen (Nagano Shinkansen)
**Jōetsu Shinkansen
**Tōhoku Shinkansen
**Yamagata Shinkansen
**Jōban Line
**Keihin-Tōhoku Line
**Takasaki Line
**Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
**Yamanote Line

Other:
*Because this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to the northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous tanka by Ishikawa Takuboku. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.

Adjacent stations

-!colspan=5|East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
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-!colspan=5|Tokyo Metro
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External links

* [http://www.3deearts.com/tokyo/uenoeki.html The Tokyo Virtual Tour: Ueno]
* [http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/ueno/index.html Ueno Station] (Tokyo Metro) ja icon
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=204 Ueno Station] (JR East) ja icon
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e204.html JR East Ueno Station map]

coord|35.713434|N|139.776725|E|display=title.